Topic > which has more than 600 years of sustainability, although it was made with “clay and wood”. Mali is also known for its vernacular architectural heritage of the Dogon, who in the past developed a certain type of lifestyle, which few people still understand today. The vernacular architecture that creates curiosity attracts a large number of tourists from all over the world. THE DOGON TRIBE OF MALI The Dogon are a large tribe of Mali although their origin is unknown, but according to their oral literature the Dogon are the ancestors of the ancient Egyptians, who migrated from their current settlement area in Ghana to the cliffs of Bandiagara along the Niger River, to escape the "Arab Muslim conquest" of Mali, in the 11th and 15th centuries. The Dog...... middle of paper...... training, McGraw-hill, p 87, 252,254) BEIERLE, J. 1996, “Dogon” Encyclopaedia of World Cultures. Retrieved September 20, 2011 PAUL, G . McHenry, 1996, Adobe Story, American Association for International AgingHYDE, N, population models, what factors determine the location and growth of human settlements Crabtree Publishing Company, Social Sciences, P 21GERSTER, G. TRUMPLER, C. 2007, the Past? from Above: Aerial Photographs of Archaeological Sites, Getty Publications, P 67B RUDOFSKY, 1905, Architecture Without Architects, A Brief Introduction to Architecture Without Pedigree, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, p natural architecture research, Gaia books limitedSKIDMORE, E. 1995, the world of spirits and ancestors in the art of sub-Saharan West Africa, Texas Tech University press, Texas, p30-33